Lines To A Parrot (Joanna Baillie Poems)
IN these our days of sentimentWhen youthful poets all lamentSome dear lost joy, some cruel maid;Old friendship changed and faith ...
IN these our days of sentimentWhen youthful poets all lamentSome dear lost joy, some cruel maid;Old friendship changed and faith ...
THE theme my verse unfolds, ye Bridgetown Fair,Is one which late has claimed your constant care,Tis one so dear to ...
She once was a lady of honor and wealth; Bright glowed in her features the roses of health; Her vesture was blended ...
"The Song of the Shirt,"— O heart-stirring hymn How sternly and terribly trueThe portrait of misery, ghastly and grim, That Bard of ...
When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel, An' you 'mence to feel a ticklin' in yo' toe ...
DANCING! I love it, night or day:There's nought on earth so jolly,Whether you straightly glide with May,Or madly whirl with ...
Silence now reigns in the corridors wide,The stately rooms of that mansion of pride;The music is hushed, the revellers gone,The ...
Thanks for your stanzas, Lucy, My sister dear in song!How many pleasant fancies With these sweet numbers throng,Which, like spring's tuneful brooklets, Trip ...
The moon and all her starry train Were fading from the morning sky,When home the ball-room belle againReturned, with throbbing pulse ...
PART I IUNDER the shade of convent towers, Where fast and vigil mark the hours, From childhood ...
Act II.SCENE I. Ball in the Palace of DON JOHN. Dance. DON JOHN and MARIA together. DON TOMMASO, ANNICCA. LORDS ...
HOW soon forgotten are the Dead! A splendid throng the Palace calls To meet and revel in its halls; And ...
THEY'VE left me alone in the garden, So I'll talk to that dear little wren-- Mr. Beetle! I do beg ...
This is the spell of the Orient &mdashThe lure of the far, far East,A lure that is soft and luxuriant ...
Spare a bloom of blue, lady, To adorn a bower.A violet will do, lady - Any azure flower.Since ...
What is flirtation? Really,How can I tell you that?But when she smiles I see its wiles,And when he lifts his ...
Too late, alas! the song To remedy the wrong; -- The rooms are taken from us, swept and garnished for ...
CARRYING bouquet, and handkerchief, and gloves, Proud of her height as when she lived, she moves With all the careless ...
All in the beautiful Autumn weather One thought lingers with me and stays; Death and winter are coming together, Though ...
1 O TO make the most jubilant poem! Even to set off these, and merge with these, the carols of ...
Roses ruddy and roses white, What are the joys that my heart discloses? Sitting alone in the fading light Memories ...
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